diff --git a/metrics/metrics.go b/metrics/metrics.go
index c7fe5c7333b9..b603b4bd74bf 100644
--- a/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
+	"github.com/naoina/toml"
 )
 
 // Enabled is checked by the constructor functions for all of the
@@ -37,17 +38,35 @@ func init() {
 	for _, enabler := range enablerEnvVars {
 		if val, found := syscall.Getenv(enabler); found && !Enabled {
 			if enable, _ := strconv.ParseBool(val); enable { // ignore error, flag parser will choke on it later
-				log.Info("Enabling metrics collection")
 				Enabled = true
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	for _, arg := range os.Args {
+	for i, arg := range os.Args {
 		flag := strings.TrimLeft(arg, "-")
 
+		// If geth is being configured by toml, try to peak into it.
+		if !Enabled && strings.HasPrefix(flag, "config") {
+			file := strings.TrimSpace(os.Args[i+1])
+			f, err := os.Open(file)
+			if err != nil {
+				continue
+			}
+			defer f.Close()
+
+			var cfg map[string]map[string]any
+			if err := toml.NewDecoder(f).Decode(&cfg); err != nil {
+				continue
+			}
+			if m, ok := cfg["Metrics"]; ok {
+				if v, ok := m["Enabled"].(bool); ok && v {
+					Enabled = true
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		for _, enabler := range enablerFlags {
 			if !Enabled && flag == enabler {
-				log.Info("Enabling metrics collection")
 				Enabled = true
 			}
 		}
@@ -129,6 +148,7 @@ func readRuntimeStats(v *runtimeStats) {
 func CollectProcessMetrics(refresh time.Duration) {
 	// Short circuit if the metrics system is disabled
 	if !Enabled {
+		log.Warn("Nah I don't wanna do metrics")
 		return
 	}